Former F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone has urged Lewis Hamilton to abandon his Ferrari contract if he feels like he is a fading force in the sport.
Hamilton’s agreement with the Scuderia sent shockwaves through the grid, but the 39-year-old struggled in Brazil last weekend and has not been on the podium since July.
“I don’t think it will be easy for Lewis. Especially in that team,” Ecclestone told the Daily Mail. “They will back Charles Leclerc. He’s quick and has grown up there. They won’t dump him for anyone.
“If Lewis is fading, which I don’t like to see, he should go away and do something else, and do a good job at it.
“He’s now one of the older generation – and didn’t he say he wanted to hear less from them?”
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